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AAIM
2008
Springer
94views Algorithms» more  AAIM 2008»
13 years 10 months ago
Speed Scaling with a Solar Cell
We consider the setting of a device that obtains it energy from a battery and some regenerative source such as a solar cell. We consider the speed scaling problem of scheduling a c...
Nikhil Bansal, Ho-Leung Chan, Kirk Pruhs
SCHOLARPEDIA
2008
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13 years 3 months ago
Stellar convection simulations
What are supergranules? Why do they stand out? Preliminary results from realistic simulations of solar convection on supergranule scales (96 Mm wide by 20 Mm deep) are presented. T...
Sacha Brun, Mark Miesch
ICRA
2007
IEEE
127views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
Design of an Autonomous Jumping Microrobot
– This paper presents the design and initial results for an autonomous jumping microrobot. At the millimeter size scale, jumping can offer numerous advantages for efficient locom...
Sarah Bergbreiter, Kristofer S. J. Pister
ISQED
2007
IEEE
136views Hardware» more  ISQED 2007»
13 years 10 months ago
Strain Silicon Optimization for Memory and Logic in Nano-Scale CMOS
Straining of silicon improves mobility of carriers resulting in speed enhancement for transistors in CMOS technology. Traditionally, silicon straining is applied in a similar ad-h...
Rajani Kuchipudi, Hamid Mahmoodi
DATE
2008
IEEE
124views Hardware» more  DATE 2008»
13 years 10 months ago
Logic Synthesis with Nanowire Crossbar: Reality Check and Standard Cell-based Integration
Nanowire crossbar is one of the most promising circuit solutions for nanoelectronics. We show nanowire crossbars do not scale well in terms of logic density and speed. We conseque...
Mian Dong, Lin Zhong